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minutia

mai'nju:ʃiә4 senses · 6 ms
Level C1GRE
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noun/maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə//məˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/
  1. 1

    A minor detail, often of negligible importance.

    • They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.
  2. 2

    Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges.

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